Hakutulokset: Sarja Greenwood Technographies
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Rockets and Missiles
Beginning with World War II, missiles transformed the art of war. For the first time, cities of warring nations were vulnerable to sudden, unannounced, long-distance destruction. …
Electronics
Electronics is the first book of its kind—a comprehensive account of the history of one of the late 20th century's greatest technologies—the field of electron devices. Some of …
The Railroad
Railroads altered the landscape of the United States. Within a few decades of the invention of the locomotive, railways stretched from coast to coast, enabling people and goods to …
Urban Mass Transit
This volume in the Greenwood Technographies series covers urban mass transit - that is, the technologies that allow cities to move large numbers of people around. Just a few …
American Military Technology
War is part of American history. This book examines how military technology both molded and reflected interactions between American military institutions and other American …
Television
For better or worse, television has been the dominant medium of communication for 50 years. Almost all American households have a television set; many have more than one. …
The Telephone
A history of the telephone, from its beginnings as an improvement upon the telegraph to its current mobile state, also discusses its impact upon society as a means of …
Sound Recording
How did one of the great inventions of the 19th century— Thomas Edison's phonograph— eventually lead to one of the most culturally and economically significant technologies of the …